​Milky Way Galaxy

the milky way galaxy

• a galaxy is a huge grouping of stars. glowing nubula, gas, dust, & empty space.
• the milky way is the home of our galaxy. it has the sun and billion of other stars.

• where we live
• spiral
• the sun gose around the center of the galaxy
• Like other spiral galaxies, the Milky Way has a bulge, a disk, and a halo.
• The phrase Milky Way came from the band of white light that can be seen across the celestial sphere visible from Earth
• The disk of the Milky Way has four spiral arms
• red starts are very old about 10 billion years old.
  
  The milky way galaxy
• has over 400 billion stars
• home of our solar system (of 8 or 9 including pluto)
• all the objects in the milky way galaxy orbit their common center of mass
• called the Galactic Center (sea below)
• as the galaxy the milky way is really a giant, and the mass is between 750 billion and one trillion solar masses, and its deameter is about 100,000 light years.
• milky way is a spiral galaxy
• Recent investigations have brought up that the Milky Way may even have a pronounced central bar like barred spiral galaxies
• the milky way belongs to a local group, a smaller group of 3 lager and over 30 small galaxies.
• the milky way is a common name for galaxy.
• The phrase Milky Way came from the band of white light that can be seen across the celestial sphere visible from Earth.
• the milky way galaxy is the one galaxy that has a cent the others have black holes.

center of the milky way galaxy

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